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On Tuesday 21 August 2001 17:07, Lauren Shaw wrote: > Hi all, > > Well I drive a '71 Squareback...and I just got it back from taking it in to > a shop to get it all checked out. I've only owned it for about a month. The > guy said for the most part it's in great shape...but the compression is low > in cylinder 3 (55lbs). He didn't tell me why that would be...and I'm not > exactly sure what that means. I'm taking the car down to LA on Friday (from > near Sacramento), and he said I should just get it checked again when I get > down there, to figure out the problem and get it fixed. Any suggestions/ > warnings before I make the trek. And any possible explanations of what he's > talking about would be great...I'm learning about owning a VW...but I'm > still pretty much car-engine illiterate. > Did he adjust the valves after taking the compression check?? This could be a case of a tight valve on #3 cylinder. If loosening the valve brings the compression back up, then there is a good possiblity that the valve is stretching. Now would be the time to do a valve job on the engine before it causes further problems. It is also possible that you have broken or stuck ring on that cylinder, but if it was, you would probably also burn oil. -- Russ Wolfe russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org